JERUSALEM – The Palestinians’ top Muslim cleric is facing harsh Israeli criticism for quoting a religious text that includes passages about killing Jews. The comments from the rally were filmed in this YouTube video by an Israeli watchdog group tracking incitement.
In the video, the mufti Muhammed Hussein cited a hadith, or saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, that the Earth’s end of days will not happen until Muslims kill Jews in a religious battle. Israeli Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday condemned the comments as “heinous.”